RE: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-22 Thread Richard A Sharpe
From what I have been able to gather, it seems that GNOME is big in the USA, but over in Europe it looks like KDE rules the desktop, I prefer KDE for my personal taste over GNOME which seems more like WINDOWS and probably the reason RED Hat it to convert Windoze users, KDE on the other hand in my

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-22 Thread Randy Edwards
From what I have been able to gather, it seems that GNOME is big in the USA, but over in Europe it looks like KDE rules the desktop, [...] I've found that to be generally true too. Myself, I loved reading Linus' rant http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00022.html

Re: Hamachi (was: Server Security)

2005-12-22 Thread Christopher Schmidt
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 09:55:57AM -0500, Adam Helbling wrote: On 12/20/05, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/20/05, Adam Helbling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ya I recommended Hamachi to him. http://www.hamachi.cc/ Interesting. Is there any particular reason one would

Re: Hamachi (was: Server Security)

2005-12-22 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Thursday 22 December 2005 10:08 am, Christopher Schmidt wrote: I don't know anything about Steve Gibson or what him liking it means, but I'm listening to Steve's podcast now (since I got a 60GB iPod as a Christmas present from work...) and he is *very* glowing about the program. I've heard

Re: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros

2005-12-22 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I gave up on Red Hat when they went to Blue Curve or whatever. Red Hat never was behind KDE, and in fact was one of the original instigators of GNOME, mostly due to the issues of QT and Trolltech. I think both desktops (KDE and GNOME) have strengths, which is why I do

Window dressings - a maddog story (Was: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros)

2005-12-22 Thread Jon maddog Hall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I prefer KDE for my personal taste over GNOME which seems more like WINDOWS and probably the reason RED Hat it to convert Windoze users, KDE on the other hand in my opinion, is crisp clean and refreshing. Once upon a time, in the early days of Red Hat, Red Hat decided

Re: Window dressings - a maddog story (Was: Any Opinions on SuSE 10.0 vs other Distros)

2005-12-22 Thread Neil Joseph Schelly
On Thursday 22 December 2005 11:53 am, Jon maddog Hall wrote: The winner was a very nice desktop, and Marc Ewing was going to use it as the next Red Hat default desktop. I told him no, since what Red Hat really wanted to do was get Windows users over, and Windows users wanted something that

Re: Now I've seen everything (OT-humor)...

2005-12-22 Thread Thomas Charron
On 12/21/05, Chris Brenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 17:45 -0500, Thomas Charron wrote: On 12/21/05, Chris Brenton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't look to me like it's Microsoft who's doing the auctioning, but users who are able to send invites.From the link above:Microsoft

Re: Now I've seen everything (OT-humor)...

2005-12-22 Thread Richard Soule
Thomas Charron wrote: Article sure does say that, but the link they refer to lists a bunch of *END USERS* selling off THEIR invites, not Microsoft. Do we know that those end users aren't MS Employees? That we be the best! Dude, I just wrote some buggy software for Billy. How much do you

Re: Hamachi

2005-12-22 Thread Dan Jenkins
Neil Joseph Schelly wrote: I've heard Steve Gibson's name several times over the years. He's a self-proclaimed Windows security expert mostly. He takes time to analyze things very closely and has web pages that he's designed to show you various potential security problems you can easily

Help me avoid Exchange

2005-12-22 Thread Paul Lussier
Hi folks, Up until now I've been fairly lucky in maintaining our IMAP server on Cyrus. However, we've identified a project which we'd like to move forward to better construct our mail architecture. When we proposed this project to our VP of Engineering, he rightfully asked the question of, Why

Re: Help me avoid Exchange

2005-12-22 Thread Mark Komarinski
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 03:40:54PM -0500, Paul Lussier wrote: In other words, he's more than happy to see the IT group sink rather than swim. However, I'd rather do the right thing, just do the work and not waste a bunch of people's time or the company's money with failed (possibly

Re: Hamachi

2005-12-22 Thread Ted Roche
On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Dan Jenkins wrote: Steve's main claim to fame, in my mind, is his program, SpinRite. It would refresh a hard drive's format and often extend its life considerably. This was back in the MFM days. I do use some of his little security patches, such as UnPnP, etc.

Dumping my VoIP provider

2005-12-22 Thread aluminumsulfate
Those on this list may recall my recently having recommended NuFone as a PSTN-VoIP gateway. I must now withdraw this recommendation. I just found out that new NuFone accounts will be charged a monthly fee (in ADDITION to the per minute rate) for DIDs. Existing accounts (like mine) are exempt,

Re: Help me avoid Exchange

2005-12-22 Thread Paul Lussier
Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) Why use exchange? No really. If all you want is an IMAP server, what is the reason for using Exchange? All *engineering* wants is an IMAP server. The business side already has an Exchange server. The basic argument is, Why can't Engineering

Re: Help me avoid Exchange

2005-12-22 Thread Dan Jenkins
Paul Lussier wrote: Mark Komarinski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 1) Why use exchange? No really. If all you want is an IMAP server, what is the reason for using Exchange? All *engineering* wants is an IMAP server. The business side already has an Exchange server. The basic argument is, Why